*wow people enjoyed the last chapter more than I thought! I love keeping you all in suspense about Benji... I'm evil so I'm not going to let you guys know what's on Benji's mind till next chapter, it will be an explosive one! This is yet another filler chapter, but it's going to have some drama in it!*
Beca POV
*beep beep beep* My eyes were still heavy as I struggled to open them, glancing at the alarm clock next to Jesse's bed I was startled at the time. 6:12am. Who the fuck would be texting me at this time? Reaching out to grab my phone I unlocked it and read the message. I had to read it twice to really take it in. Suddenly I was wide awake. I flicked the bedside light on and sat bolt upright. I looked around the room, my breathing was getting restless and I was starting to get short of breath. My panic woke Jesse up. He was confused and tired; he took a second to realize the state I was getting myself into.
"Hey Beca, baby what's wrong?" he asked quickly, putting his good arms around me shoulder and trying to relax me. I shook my head, motioning that I was unable to speak, I handed him my phone and as he read it over and over again, his face filled with panic and anger.
I hope you're sleeping well Beca. I left you a present. Love Luke.
That's all the text said. It was the first time I'd heard from him since the incident. He wasn't supposed to contact me or come within 300 feet of me till the trial. I was scared at what the last bit meant. Had he been inside the house? Inside our room maybe?! Suddenly all the panic was let out and I just screamed and sobbed into Jesse.
My scream apparently woke the rest of the boys, because a few minutes later several half-dressed, groggy looking boys stormed into our room, confusion plastered across each face. I scanned through, I saw Donald, Uni, Harry, Mark, Kieran and Jamie, no Benji though. I thought it was weird but I didn't have chance to ask before Donald stepped forward to ask what was wrong. Still crying I gave a pleading look to Jesse, asking him to explain. He showed Donald the text and his face grew angry. My phone got passed between the boys, each one muttering some threat that I didn't really hear. Eventually when the last one read it and handed it back to me. I just threw it on the bed, I didn't want to read it again.
"He said something about a present? What does it mean?" Donald questioned, looking at me.
"How the fuck should I know?" I snapped at him. Hurt flashed through his eyes at my outburst. "Sorry D, I didn't mean to snap at you, but I just don't know what it means…" I apologised. I loved that they all cared for me so much, it made me feel just that little bit safer.
"D, can you get the boys to search the house, inside and out. If that bastard has left something for Beca I want to find it." Jesse ordered, they nodded their heads and scattered in different directions.
"Beca, I don't want you on your own. I can't protect you while I'm like this so one of the Trebles will be with you wherever you go. Even if I'm with you someone will be with us, unless we're here. You're not leaving here unless for class. End of story. Later on we'll call the police." His voice was deadly serious, I wasn't too pleased about the arrangement but I wasn't going to argue. I just nodded quietly. I adored the fact that he got so concerned and protective of me even if it was annoying and inconvenient.
"Let's get some more sleep," I suggested, laying down. Jesse was about to lay down next to me, when there was a knock on the door. Donald opened it, "you should probably come see this." The way he spoke worried me. We both got out of bed, I threw on Jesse's sweatshirt and I wheeled him out of the room. I followed Donald to the common room. I didn't even have to ask why we were here. Sitting on the coffee table was a large box. It had already been opened, probably by Donald checking to see what it was. I let go of Jesse's chair and went to look in the box. Inside were photos, of me and of Jesse. They were recent ones, of him coming out of hospital, me in class, everywhere. It was scary. Underneath was a bit of fabric, I pulled it out. It was a white lacy dress, it was practically see through, very sexy – well it would have been if it wasn't from him. I turned it round and on the back was a note.
Looking forward to seeing you in this soon. Till we meet again. Love Luke
It made me feel sick. He'd gone out and brought this for me, then snuck into the house and left it there before texting me. How had he even got in? The doors were always locked overnight? It was scary to think that if he could break into a house full of strong guys who would be happy to fight him, what else would he do? He seemed to be fearless, yet stupid and careless.
Even though we'd gone back to bed, I couldn't sleep and neither could Jesse but I think that was more so he could watch over me and make sure Luke didn't come back. It was almost 11am now, we'd called the police already and were just waiting for them to arrive, we'd been advised not to touch the box anymore and to make a list of anyone would had touched it earlier. There was only me and Donald who had touched it so that bit was easy. Luckily it was a Saturday, so I didn't have to worry about classes, I'd been skipping a lot of classes lately, I was annoyed at myself but I just hadn't had time with Jesse being in hospital and all that! I had been doing some work in the evenings, trying to make sure I didn't get too far behind, but even that was a struggle nowadays. I was sat in the kitchen with Jesse next to me and Donald making coffee. I still hadn't seen Benji this morning, I was getting worried. I quickly excused myself and headed up to his room. I knocked gently on the door.
"Who is it?" he asked. Weird, normally he just let you in.
"Erm, its me, Beca!" I answered, confused by his weird behaviour. The door clicked unlocked and I opened it. Benji was sat on his bed, still in yesterday's clothes. Very unlike him.
"Ben, what's wrong? And don't even think about lying to me because it won't get you anywhere" I was being firm because I was genuinely worried about him. I sat in his desk chair, after pushing some magic clocks onto the floor first.
"You're right, there is something wrong Beca but… I can't tell you! I'm sorry but I just can't tell you." He sighed, obviously annoyed that he was unable to speak about whatever it was that was bothering him. I felt defeated and annoyed. What could be so bad he couldn't tell me? Deciding to leave it, I got up, kissed his head softly and left. I would get Jesse to talk to him instead, maybe he would get through.
The police were here for hours. They asked about the text, took my phone, took the box, fingerprinted everyone in the house, including the Bella's since they had turned up at various times during the morning. The doors and windows were fingerprinted and checked. They found some hairpins and other breaking in equipment outside in one of the bushes. That's obviously how he got in. Once they left I was worn out, scared and just wanted to sleep.
"Jesse, can we head to your room and watch a movie?" I asked as I sat on his lap in the chair. He laughed at me. "Beca Mitchell wanting to watch a movie? Whatever is wrong in the world?" He laughed. I got off his lap and took the handles of his chair.
"I'm just worried, and worn out…and worried about Benji" I confessed to him as I wheeled our way down the corridor.
"Why are you worried about Ben?"
"He's just not himself, he wasn't there this morning when I screamed, or when the box was found or even at breakfast. He only appeared to give the police his fingerprint then went back to his room. He also told me something was wrong but that he couldn't talk to me about it, I was thinking maybe you could try?" I suggested as I helped him onto his bed.
"Yeah okay, I'll try tomorrow! Now pick the film and put it on, then hurry up and get your ass in this bed!" he said. I laughed as he ordered me about. I shoved The Breakfast Club on and settled into bed. I was asleep almost instantly.
*hope you all enjoyed this one! Turned out so much better than I thought I would! Benji's confession will be coming out in the next chapter – wonder what it could be ;) unfortunately it's not quite as exciting as some of you may think! Hopefully the next few chapters won't be mostly Beca POV as this was ALL Beca POV. Review!*
